One of my very favorite backpackers, the ever friendly Chris (@theaussienomad) of http://theaussienomad.com, pointed to me for his seventh “Travel Blogger Friday.” I was so honored!

My first interview in the blogosphere! Shawn (@shawnosaurus) of http://rerunaround.com asked me some hard-hitting questions about the logistics of working in the tropics: “Writer, Traveler, and Jungle Princess”

Some of my closest friends in Costa Rica are my friends’ kids (guilas)– and one Saturday night they asked me to party with them, at the annual fair. Ice-cream and carne asada for everyone at http://cheapoair.wordpress.com/! “The Guilas and the (Costa Rican) fair”

Gearing up for an emotional trip back to the States, I started to wonder if there was a right time to “go home.” Is it better to pre-empt feelings of bitterness or sadness — or wait until you absolutely can’t stand it anymore? Stephanie at http://twenty-somethingtravel.com/ let me wonder out loud. “Time to Go?”

Pam at http://spunkygirllmonologue asked me write a bit about charity here in Costa Rica. I glazed over some of the harder-to-take details of my barrio’s lost little girls, but the idea is still the same. “Walking the Fine Line of Charity”

Working remotely to the States (or in my case, Europe, Australia and more) makes it possible for me to live the dream from a small beach town in Costa Rica. When I relaunched my little company, a celebrity news agency, http://mediabistro was kind enough to give it a shout-out. “Abby Tegnelia Starts New Celebrity Gossip Journalism Agency”

One of my favorite parts of attending the TBEX travel blogging conference was meeting some of my favorite bloggers, like Nomadic Matt. After the trip, he named me one of his favorite 13 in “Thirteen Other Great Travel Web Sites.”

During a big blogging convention in Las Vegas, TBEX has a mini-reunion. After taking out Kim Mance and Maren Hogan, TBEX celebs, and Nomadic Matt, he gave me a shout-out on his blog in his story, The Saturday City: Las Vegas.